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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
West Lothian planning applications
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of West Lothian. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official West Lothian website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates31,672Searchable applications
266Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 28,890 approved or refused records
2,542Refused applications
26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 1992 to 30 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 7 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning & Building StandardsLocal plan Local Development Plan (LDP 1)Pre-application advice Pre-Application EnquiryConservation areas Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Scheduled Monuments
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriescustomer.service@westlothian.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas10 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasBoundary dataset not connected
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
More application records
- DecidedLIVE/0694/H/96
Extension to house
18 Raeburn Rigg, Livingston
Received 6 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0694/FUL/95
Extension to house
15 Henderson Court, East Calder
Received 18 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0694/FUL/94
Erection of a conservatory
20 Braekirk Avenue, Kirknewton
Received 20 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0694/FUL/93
Erection of a wooden garage
73 Cardross Road, Broxburn, EH52 6HU
Received 4 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0694/FUL/92
Extension to dormer
11 Birkdale Drive, Uphall
Received 30 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0851/FUL/94
Extension to house
122 South Street, Armadale
Received 9 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0851/FUL/93
Extension to house
6 Beech Avenue, Mid Calder
Received 3 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0851/FUL/92
Substitution of house types
49-51, 32-48 Lovells Glen, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 8 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0850/P/94
Outline planning permission for the formation of a nursery
23 Main Street, Deans, Livingston, EH54 8BE
Received 8 Nov 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0850/FUL/96
Erection of temporary sales cabin
Loaninghill Road, Uphall
Received 26 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0850/FUL/95
Formation of 1 additional flat and minor elevational changes
42 East Main Street, Armadale
Received 12 Dec 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0850/FUL/93
Upgrading and alterations to form community facility
15 Market Street, Mid Calder
Received 3 Dec 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0850/FUL/92
Extension to house
54 Woodend Walk, Armadale, EH48 3QW
Received 9 Dec 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0849/H/96
Erection of a conservatory
51 Lovell's Glen, Linlithgow
Received 26 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0786/H/95
Extension to house
18 Park Road, Broxburn
Received 7 Nov 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0786/A/92
Erection of signs
Shoprite Store Longridge Road, Whitburn
Received 10 Nov 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0786/FUL/96
Erection of a tyre and exhaust centre
216 East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 6 Sept 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0749/P/95
Development of a retail warehouse park, leisure facilities, access, car parking and landscaping
Leyland Site (Phase 1B) , Bathgate
Received 18 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0749/NID/96
Pitched roof conversion of existing flat roof (Phase IV)
St. John The Baptist School Lanrigg Avenue, Fauldhouse
Received 22 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0749/FUL/94
Erection of a garage
41 Boghead Crescent, Bathgate
Received 10 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0930/FUL/94
Listed Building Consent and planning permission for alterations to house
52 Main Street, Kirknewton, EH27 8AA
Received 13 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0929/P/94
Renewal of outline planning permission for 50 bedroom hotel
Bonnytoun House , Linlithgow, EH49 7LP
Received 13 Dec 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0929/FUL/96
Erection of a house
Plot 7 Stoneheap Farm, Stoneyburn
Received 23 Oct 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0928/A/94
Proposed projecting sign
2 West Main Street, Armadale
Received 12 Dec 1994
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for West Lothian, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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